Then you're providing your own housing as well as generating revenue.

Any good ideas as far as how to generate, also there are quite a few houses i see in my surrounding neighborhood that have a for sale sign in the yard being sold by a real estate company, do they hold any value to me, is there a way to make money off of houses like that.

Given where you're looking to buy, however, you may have difficulty finding enough comps to determine this confidently.Another simpler option that I know a lot of landlords employ is putting a max setting on the thermostats.

Long term goals are the keep repeating the same process till i generate $5000 of positive case flow (after all expenses) from all my properties in 3 years time and buy a nice home for me and my family to retire into.Want to take help from all the community member to see if my goal is realistic and what are the dos and dont that i should follow to achieve it in the shortest time possible.

You are in the upper part of the country, so you may want to market/list the property inmajor Canadian cities near your subject home (within Craigslist_if available, hospital community boards_ lunch rooms, major & prestigious Universities, and prestigious employer community bulletin boards.) 

But look at employment history, past landlord referrals and determine why the credit score may be less than stellar.

2) Does the brokerage generate leads that are passed onto the agents?

You can then pursue the one that intrigued you the most.The key, you must like real estate, not just the money generated from it.

If you're in a slower market, I've seen anywhere from $1,000 to an extra 1% generate interest. 

I paid for a facebook business page (www.facebook.com/FleuriotHomes) to be built, I got a professional real estate website built (www.FleuriotHomes.com) now how do I drive traffic to generate leads?